Hoverstone LLC ("we", "us", or "our") operates the Ballroom Companion: DWTS application and website (https://ballroomcompanion.com). Your privacy is important to us. This policy details how our application handles information.
Ballroom Companion does not require an account, profile, email address, password, or login. We do not sell personal information or access your contact lists, precise device location, or browsing history outside this site. Website usage analytics and optional notification registrations are described below.
The application provides convenience links to prepare SMS text votes for television broadcast voting windows. When you initiate an SMS vote, the application opens your device's native messaging client with the pre-filled voting keyword directed to official broadcast shortcodes (e.g., 21523). We never see, transmit, or store your mobile phone number or your vote selections on our servers.
If you explicitly grant permission on your device, the app receives push notifications exclusively to alert you of live broadcast start times, song lineups, and live voting window open/close times. To deliver notifications, we store device push tokens and registration information in Google Firebase/Firestore. You can disable notifications at any time in your device's Settings.
The application fetches publicly available scoring data, music metadata, and prediction market probabilities from third-party APIs (including the Kalshi trade API and Spotify embeds). Your browser or device connects to these services and may transmit technical request information such as your IP address, browser details, and referrer. Their privacy policies govern how they handle these requests.
The website uses Cloudflare hosting and Cloudflare Web Analytics to measure page views, referring pages, browser and device categories, and page-load performance. Cloudflare’s analytics beacon sends usage and performance information to Cloudflare. It does not use cookies or localStorage to track visitors across sites. Cloudflare also processes network request information to deliver and protect the site. See Cloudflare Web Analytics and Cloudflare’s Privacy Policy.
The application may store benign interface preferences (such as selected draft board view lens or cached scores for offline viewing) locally on your device using localStorage or Service Worker caching. This data stays on your device.
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please email Hoverstone LLC at [email protected] or visit our support page.